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Role of alpha-1 antitrypsin in human health and disease.
Journal of internal medicine - 1 Oct 2014
de Serres F, Blanco I
Abstract excerpt
Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is an under-recognized hereditary disorder associated with the premature onset of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver cirrhosis in children and adults, and less frequently, relapsing panniculitis, systemic vasculitis and other inflammatory, autoimmune and neoplastic diseases. Severe AAT deficiency mainly affects Caucasian individuals and has its highest prevalence (1...
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